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Viewing Album:  Conrail : 1970s - 80s
 
By:TS _Illinois
Dates:8/5/1979 - 6/18/1984
Album Info:I suppose nearly everyone (old enough) has an album like this, but in those days it seems like Conrail photos just sort of piled up. This is a small sample of some I accumulated - there are plenty more - from a few different locations. I'll add more as I get them cleaned up.
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CR 6460
Title:  CR 6460
Description:  The blue paint was still kind of shiney new as this eastbound freight rolled through Caseyville, IL in the summer of 79.
Photo Date:  8/5/1979  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 4:37:16 PM
Location:  Caseyville, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6460(SD40-2)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
CR 6416
Title:  CR 6416
Description:  Eastbound on the former PRR right of way.
Photo Date:  8/18/1979  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 6:14:02 PM
Location:  Caseyville, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6416(SD40-2)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
CR 3188
Title:  CR 3188
Description:  A light engine cut eastbound out of Roselake yard rolls through Caseyville, IL.
Photo Date:  8/18/1979  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:23:50 PM
Location:  Caseyville, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 3188(GP40) CR 2563(U25B)
Views:  350   Comments: 1
CR 6153
Title:  CR 6153
Description:  Was fortunate enough to visit Horeshoe Curve a couple of times in the early/mid 80s. Seems kinda hard to believe all that blue is gone...
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 4:21:11 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6513(SD40-2)
Views:  390   Comments: 4
CR 6149
Title:  CR 6149
Description:  We called em Helpers back then... Well, maybe still do under some circumstances. Anyway, none of this DPU stuff back then.
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 4:49:16 PM
Location:  Tunnel Hill, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6149(SD45) CR 6317(SD40)
Views:  720   Comments: 0
CR 6114
Title:  CR 6114
Description:  Think these are helpers too - not that it matters. Tunnel Hill to this day ranks as probably the coolest railfanning spot Ive ever been.
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 4:55:09 PM
Location:  Tunnel Hill, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6114(SD45)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
CR 8082
Title:  CR 8082
Description:  There were still a lot of units wearing black in those days. Heres one on the head-end at Tunnel Hill.
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 4:59:40 PM
Location:  Tunnel Hill, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8082(GP38-2)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
CR 6276
Title:  CR 6276
Description:  A light engine cut -- helpers headed back down-grade.
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 6:03:59 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6276(SD40)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
CR 6091
Title:  CR 6091
Description:  An engine cut doing some shunting work in Holidaysburg
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 7/19/2013 12:00:24 AM
Location:  Holidaysburg, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6091(SD45)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
CR 2284
Title:  CR 2284
Description:  At some spots on Horseshoe Curve the grade is more noticable than at others.
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 6:07:04 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 2284(GP35)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
CR 6149
Title:  CR 6149
Description:  Helpers working one of the TV moves upgrade at Horseshoe Curve.
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 3/17/2012 4:41:25 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6149(SD45) CR 6317(SD40)
Views:  498   Comments: 0
CR 5872
Title:  CR 5872
Description:  The Conrail paint shops hadnt paid this Geep - switching the yard in Holidaysburg - much attention yet as of the Summer of 1980.
Photo Date:  6/11/1980  Upload Date: 3/17/2012 4:46:25 PM
Location:  Holidaysburg, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 5872(GP7)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
CR 6083
Title:  CR 6083
Description:  SD45 6083 leads a grain train upgrade around the Curve.
Photo Date:  6/12/1980  Upload Date: 3/17/2012 4:49:38 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6083(SD45)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
CR 6105
Title:  CR 6105
Description:  A light engine cut at MG tower.
Photo Date:  6/12/1980  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 6:09:13 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 6105(SD45) CR 6394(SD40-2)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
CR 3170
Title:  CR 3170
Description:  Rather badly shaded, but this GP40 was not yet in the database. Always fun to fill an open spot in the roster.
Photo Date:  1/18/1981  Upload Date: 7/18/2013 11:56:21 PM
Location:  Washington Park, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 3170(GP40)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
CR 7830
Title:  CR 7830
Description:  This GP38 still showed its lineage in January of 81. For some reason it was later re-painted black rather than Conrail blue, but with the characteristic CONRAIL nose lettering.
Photo Date:  1/18/1981  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 6:00:45 PM
Location:  Washington Park, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 7830(GP38)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
CR 7403
Title:  CR 7403
Description:  On a dead track in Terre Haute, IN, this guy looks pretty beat-up in the summer of 81. He mustve been one of the first in line to be painted in CR colors,
Photo Date:  8/18/1981  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 4:42:36 PM
Location:  Terre Haute, IN
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CR 7403(GP9)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
CR 6137
Title:  CR 6137
Description:  Conrail black and blue on a pleasantly cool day in Gallitzin, PA.
Photo Date:  1/5/1982  Upload Date: 3/17/2012 4:30:41 PM
Location:  Gallitzin, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CR 6137(SD45) CR 6378(SD40-2) CR 3320(GP40-2)
Views:  688   Comments: 1
CR 3167
Title:  CR 3167
Description:  CR GP40 3167 leading a run-through on the northbound MoPac main in Columbia, IL
Photo Date:  3/15/1982  Upload Date: 7/18/2013 11:51:16 PM
Location:  Columbia, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 3167(GP40)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
CR 8268
Title:  CR 8268
Description:  Passing the Gratiot St. Tower in St. Louis
Photo Date:  5/13/1984  Upload Date: 3/17/2012 4:36:45 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8268(GP38-2) CR 8241(GP38-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 0
CR 6732
Title:  CR 6732
Description:  Sometimes its hard to tell in a shot from the Curve if you caught the front-end or the back-end of a train. The cool thing is: it doesnt matter!
Photo Date:  6/18/1984  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 4:27:00 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6732(SD50)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
CR 6345
Title:  CR 6345
Description:  Heeling around the Curve in the summer of 84. I havent been there since...
Photo Date:  6/18/1984  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:06:34 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6345(SD40) CR 8182(GP38-2) CR 2746(U23B)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
Light engine cut
Title:  Light engine cut
Description:  Not sure if these were helpers being moved or traffic into/out of the Juniata engine shops, but Conrail sure seemed to move cuts like this around the Curve quite a bit...at least, in my limited experience.
Photo Date:  6/18/1984  Upload Date: 11/15/2011 5:17:53 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 6406(SD40-2) CR 6442(SD40-2) CR 6366(SD40-2) CR 6083(SD45) CR 6233(SD45) CR 6364(SD40-2) CR 2742(U23B)
Views:  2347   Comments: 3

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